Representations of gender and female subjectivity in contemporary Irish drama by women

Publication Data

• Title Representations of gender and female subjectivity in contemporary Irish drama by women
• Author Mária Kurdi
• Contributor Eamonn Jordan
• Publisher Edwin Mellen Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Lewiston, NY
• Language English

Contents

The legacy of foremothers and contexts for the development of women's playwriting in Ireland
Body politics and dress codes
Performance, metatheatre, and carnival
Character constellations and female genealogies
Storytelling, narrators, and the monologue form
Adaptation, rewriting, and intertextuality
Space and the trope of the journey.

Topics

• English drama :: Irish authors :: History and criticism
• English drama :: Women authors :: History and criticism
• English drama :: 20th century :: History and criticism
• English drama :: 21st century :: History and criticism
• Women and literature :: Ireland :: History :: 20th century
• Women and literature :: Ireland :: History :: 21st century
• Gender identity in literature
• 015740914

Representations of gender and female subjectivity in contemporary Irish drama by women by Mária Kurdi. ISBN 9780773414211. Published by Edwin Mellen Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.